2013

RACS News 35. Posted on ‘RAG day’. The day we heard that the RI Board has recognised RAGAS, and thereby acknowledged that Rotarians wish to address the issue of child slavery. We salute and thank the Board. Do read News 35 for updates, a reminder that collectively we can and will succeed, and ask your District and Club to support the simple low cost projects advocated, including the featured Shakti Samuha project in Nepal recognised by US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton.

RACRAG invited to attend Pope Francis’ Conference on Human Trafficking with Report back from Laura Dryjanska, Kevin Bales calls on Rotarians to back compulsory birth registration to combat slavery, CEO Of the Polaris Project Bradley Miles commends compelling new film “12 years a slave” due for general release in January 2014

3 women held as slaves for 30 years in UK; Build a wall, elevate a girl & lift a community – Punarnawa Ashram appeal by Carol Metzker; Tell tale signs of trafficked victims; National Hotlines to call; plus, Statement of the Workshop on Trafficking in Human Beings on Modern Slavery from THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, co-signed by RAGAS’s Italian Coordinator Laura Dryjanska and RAG member, Roberto Giua